Panicum capillarioides Vasey

Panicum capillarioides Vasey; Coult. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb
1: 54. 1890.
Plants in tufts of few to several culms from a knotted crown, erect or ascending, 30-55 cm. high; culms stiff, simple or sparingly branching, appressed-pubescent or sometimes glabrate, the nodes densely ascending-pubescent; leaf -sheaths mostly equaling or exceeding the rather short internodes, papillose-pubescent; ligule about 1.5 mm. long; blades rather stiff, ascending, 10-30 cm. long, 2-10 mm. wide, scarcely narrowed to the rounded base, flat or drying somewhat involute, harshly papillosepubescent on both surfaces, usually sparsely so beneath; panicles short-exserted, usually nearly equaled by the upper blades, diffuse, few-flowered, 10-20 cm. long, as wide or wider, the capillary branches stiffly spreading at maturity, bearing rather short-pediceled spikelets toward the end, the axis and branches scabrous, the rather conspicuous pulvini pubescent; spikelets 5-6 mm. long, 1-1.2 mm. wide, lanceolate, long-acuminate; first glume one third to half the length of the spikelet, acute, 7~nerved; second glume and sterile lemma subequal, many-nerved, at least three times as long as the fruit, usually more or less inflated above it; fruit 1.6-1.8 mm. long, 0.8-0.9 mm. wide, elliptic.
Typb locality: Point Isabel, Texas.
Distribution: Southern Texas and adjacent Mexico.

Panicum capillarioides adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Poaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Poales. Spesies Panicum capillarioides sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Panicum. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Vasey.

Panicum capillarioides là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được Vasey mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1890.